Repair-patch for pneumatic tires.



V. P. LE ROY.

REPAIR PATCH FOR PNEUMATIG TIRES.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE e, 1913.

1,102,061. Patented .m3119111 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

' V. P. LE ROY.

REPAIR PATCH FOR PNEUMATIG TIRES.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNI: e, 1913.

51,1 02,061, Patented June 30,1914,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

CQLU'MBIA PLANDGRAPH C0.. WASHINGTON. D. s.

VANALLEN P. LE ROY, 0F NEWBURGI-I, NEW YORK.

REPAIR-PATCH FOR PNEUMATIC TIRES.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 30, 1914.

Application led June 6, 1913. Serial No. 772,174.

To all @1J/omit may concern Be it known that LVANALLEN P. Ln ROY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newburgh, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Repair-Patches for Pneumatic Tires, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to means whereby temporary repairs may be made to pneumatic tires to safely carry the motorist to a place where permanent repairs may be made in the event of a puncture, blow-out, rim cut or other injury to the casing.

The invention also provides means for preventing grit, dust or other foreign matter from working its way into a cut, also to exclude dampness and to prevent the separation of the rubber from the textile part of the casing in the event of a blister or the rubber becoming loose in places.

The invention provides a shoe which may be secured to the easing and rim so as to reinforce a weak spot in the tire resulting from any cause, said shoe being readily attachable and detachable and when in position forming a reinforcement or strengthening means to the weak spot and preventing blow-out or other injury which would tend to disable a pneumatic tire.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a vehicle wheel and pneumatic tire, showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the shoe detached from the wheel and having the side portions partly spaced. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the metal ttings secured to an edge portion of the shoe. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 of a modification.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all the views of the drawings, by the same reference characters.

The shoe comprises a patch 1, a binder 2 and similar metal fittings B, which are secured to edge portions of the binder 2. The patch 1 may be of any material and usually consists of layers of rubber and canvas, the same being cemented together and having their edge portions searfed to make a close fit with the outer side of the casing 3 of the pneumatic tire. The binder 9. may be of any flexible material and usually consists of layers of rubber and canvas which are cemented together in the usual manner commonly practised in the building up of casings, patches and the like of pneumatic tires. The shoe may be of any length and size depending upon the special use for which constructed. The patch 1 is placed upon the inner side of the binder 2 and is secured thereto in any manner. As shown a plurality of studs 4 are passed through the patch and binder and their projecting ends are threaded and receive nuts 5. The nuts and projecting ends of the studs 4 result in the provision of calks or projections which receive and sustain the wear and also serve to prevent slipping.

Each metal tting B is of like construction and comprises a lip a, an attaching iiap Z? and an offstanding wing c. The attaching iiap Z9 comprises companion members which are spaced apart and receive between them an edge portion of the binder 2, said parts being connected by means of rivets or other fastening means. The lip a is designed to engage the edge portion of the casing 3 at or near the clencher bead or like part. This cifstanding wing o extends along the side of the rim or felly 7 of the vehicle wheel and is adapted to receive the fastening means at its outer edge. The wing c comprises parts which are folded upon each other, the folded edge receiving a wire or rod 8 and said folded edge having portions cutaway, as indicated at 9, thereby exposing parts of the wire or rod 8 to admit of any fastening means being attached thereto. In the preferred construction the offstanding wing c comprises a plurality of parts which are placed together and secured by means of rivets or the like.

As shown most clearly in Fig. 4 the attaching iiap Z) is formed of two pieces of sheet meta-l, the outer piece comprising wings 10 and 11 and the inner piece comprising a wing 12, fold 13, and wing 14. The wing c is constructed of a strip which is folded upon itself to provide the wings 15 and 16 and having such folded portions bent outwardly to provide wings 17 and 18. The wing 17 comes between the wings 10 and l2n whereas the lli overlaps the 'fold The wing is arranged between the wings ll and llland the wing' itl is en terior to the wing ll. The several wings ll lo, 'lll and ll are secured by means 0,. rivets or other lastenings, thereby producing an olistandiug` wing` possessing great strength and enabling the fitting to be easily and cheaply constructed, ln the modification shown in Fig: 5 the fitting is formed oit two pieces or blanlts the outer piece being` similar to that shown most cleziirlyv in l and embodying wings l0 and ll. The inner or remaining` piece coinpiises a wing l2, 'fold 13 and wings and 16, the several. wings ll, lo and lo overlapping and 'termine the otistanding wing;` (i. The lt'old between the wings and lo receives the wire 8 and is notched to form the spaces or cutaway portions 9 to receive the fastening means.

lil is to be. understood that the outer edges o'li the oils ending wings c may be connected in any manner and as shown straps lil are attached to one oi the littings and buckles Q0 are secured to the other tittinpg, said straps and buckles being; utilized lo connect the shoe about the rim ciI the wheel. whe such shoe is placed in position to strengthen or reinforce the casing` When it becomes necessary to protect a part ot a easing oi' a pneumatic tire for any cause7 such as a blowout, rim out, puncture, blister;r bruise or the lilie7 the patch is upon the casing with the binder 1 ai about the casing' and the metal fitting extending along opposite sides ol' 'the rim or 'telly ot the wheel, the otl'standiug wings o being com'iected by means ot the i'astenings or in any manner. lt is observed that the lips u engage edge portions oit the casing close to the retaining flanges ot the rim7 the shoe as a whole being` lirmly and securely held in place by the lever action of the oil standing wings c, which extend along` the sides of the rim or telly and are firmly connected at their upper edges along the inner side oi' such rim or telly. rlhe construction is such as to admit of the shoe being quickly placed in posit-ion or readily removed, whether the tire be inflated or deflated.

From the foregoingdescription, taken in ronnection with the accompanying` drawings. the advantages of the construction and ot thc method of operation will be readily a@ parent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while l have described th -i principle of operation ot the inrentiom together with the device which i now consider to be the best embodiment thereof,7 l desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when de sired as are within the scope of the claim appended hereto.

filming thus described the invention what claimed as new, is:

A repair shoe for pneumatic tires coin- 'prising a VFlexible binder, metal `fittings cured to the edges of the binder, each oi' such fittings comprising an attaching' flap ein-- bodyingi spaced members en'ibracing opposite sides of the binder and secured thereto. :i lip bearing against the. rim and consistingv o'l a told. and an oilstanding wing embodyingl a plurality of oiferlapping members which are secured together, two oit such members being connected by means of a. told, which has portions cut away at inten vals, a wire supported in the 'fold and en posed at intervals by the cut away portion o such folds, a nd. fasteningl means connected with the wires of the metal fittings opposite the cut away portions of the oistanding wines.

ln testimony whereof I ailiX my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

VNALLEN P. Ll?. BOY.

Witnesses F. lll. ToMrniNs, Pmnn Ca N'rLIN Copies or' this patent may be obtained. for :Five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of atencs,

Washington, E). C. 

